With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …

classical corruption or extreme corruption could have an important influence on academic and policy debates. Using updated data …/no violence and corruption-control (corruption). As a policy implication, the finding of the underlying paper maybe more …

stability in fighting corruption and boosting corruption-control in 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. We postulate … corruption-control. On the other hand, in the absence such impunity from corruption, political instability further fuels … corruption. Our findings validate both hypotheses. Hence, contrary to a stream of the literature, we establish causal evidence of …

reinstated chieftaincy system, and corruption is still endemic, while young people remain jobless and largely uneducated. Further …

is as follows: regulation quality, government effectiveness, political stability, rule of law and corruption-control. (3 …) Corruption-control is the most effective mechanism in fighting crime (conflicts). The findings are significantly strong when … population density. Justifications for the edge of corruption-control (as the most effective governance tool) and policy …